Means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences.



G. P. EVERSON. MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING STELLAR POSlTlONS AND INFLUENCES.

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GENEVIEVE PRICE EVERSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING STELLAR POSITIONS AND INFLUENCES.

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Be 1t known that GENEVIEVE PRICE EVER- SON, a citizen of the United,States, residing and other such means of demonstrating the relativeposition of the heavenly bodies with each other and also with the earth.

The objects of my invention are to afford means: (1) for interpretingand elucidating scriptural references to the heavens; and

J (2) for deducing from the relative position of the heavenly bodieswith each other and with the earth important facts touching thephysical, mental, and spiritual aspects of human nature.

I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism hereinafterdescribed and illustrated, in which illustrations like referencecharacters represent like parts in all figures in which it appearadvisable to use the same.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a movable, portable, tripod standadapted to support my invention for demonstrating and lecturingpurposes. 1

Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of a support or brace used inconnection with said tripod stand.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the zodiac as drawn and illustrated by theancients.

Fig. 1 is a cross-section of the earth taken on the equator with certainmatter, for the sake of convenience, illustrated on the face of thesection. This figure is what I call the mundane sphere.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of the zodiac and the polar starwhich is supposed to be in the center of said Zodiac. This fig ure iswhat I call the celestial sphere.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a combined solar and sidereal timeindicator.

Fig. 7 is a detached, side elevation of one of the pointers or hands ofsaidv indicator.

Fig. 8 is a detached, plan view of one of the zodiacal signs of Fig. 5,the same being Capricorn.

Fig. 9 is a detached plan view of a section of the rim and one of theradii of Fig. 5, and also of two small blackboards used in connectionwith my invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 12, 1916. Serial No. 103,071.

Fig. 10 is a detached, plan view of a number of disk-tipped arms used inconnection with Fig. 5.

Fig. 11 is a detached, plan view of one of the arms, one of the disks,one of the washers and a nut of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a detached, perspective view of the arms of Fig. 10 shown ina folded condition.

Fig. 13 is a modification of Fig. 5.

Fig. 14: is a detached, plan view of a section of the circular tubing,overlying the zodiacal signs of Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a detached perspective view of one of the supports of Fig.141 and a plan view and vertical section of a movable colored,illuminated crystal. used in connection with the circular tubing of Fig.13.

Fig. 16 is a plan view of the palm. and.

fingers of the human hand.

In Fig. 1, A is said tripod stand. B is a support, attached to andextending horizontally from the upper end of said stand, said supporthaving an off-set and curved free end adapted to receive and supportpole C.

D is a U-shaped clip attached to the front leg of said stand, said cliphaving through the arched portion thereof a perforation adapted toreceive the bolt-shaped spindle E, which, in its turn, is adapted toreceive thereon and support the various parts of my invention, and, inaddition thereto, to receive thereon, by means of the perforation therethrough, either end of the support as shown in Fig. 2 and the nut 66 asshown in Fig. 11, the perforation through the other end of said supportbeing adapted to receive the thumb-screw c which is adapted to firmlybind the lower end of said support to the front leg of said stand, saidsupport being adapted to steady and support said spindle and the variousparts of my invention when mounted thereon. a and b are one set ofstrings having their upper ends securely attached to screw eyes in theends of said pole and having their lower ends tied into other screw eyesattached to the front leg of said stand. 0 and (Z are another set ofstrings having one of their ends securely attached to said screw eyes inthe ends of said pole and having their other ends tied into other screweyes attached to the upper end of said stand, both sets of said stringsbeing adapted to steady said pole and prevent it from falling off ofsaid stand endwise, said pole being adapted to receive and have Wound orrolled thereon the map or chart bearing said mun dane sphere of Fig. 4,all of said strings being further adapted to bind and firmly hold saidmap to said pole when wound or rolled thereon.

In Fig. 2, E is the support for the spindle above described, saidsupport having in its ends the perforations 48 and 4A, the one be-- ingadapted to receive said spindle E, and the other being adapted toreceive said thumb-screw e.

In F ig. 3, the large lettering at the top,

bottom and on the right side of the figure are short scripturalreferences to the heavens, each of which is accompanied with its propercitation. This figure is a map of a portion of the heavens, representingby pictures and on a flat surface the original 48 constellationsconstituting the sacred zodiac, the celestial grand man. This zodiac isof the great est antiquity, its origin being entirely unknown to profanehistory, and is presented here without any alterations whatever. It isone of the special features of my invention to demonstrate and prove bysacred history and sacred chronology not only the origin of thiswonderful map, but also that the sacred zodiac drawn thereon is amatchless, primeval, hieroglyphical exposition of the plan of God in theages. I do not desire to makethis sacred zodiac a part of the recordinthis case because I claim any invention therein, but because of themarvelous connection it has with what I do claim as my in vention, apart of which, as it pertains to this map, is the process of teachingscriptural truths. This map is simply an ordinary hanger and is adaptedto be suspended and displayed from any ordinary nail or hook attached tothe wall of the room or to any suitable support on a stage, where ademonst-ration or lecture is being given.

In Fig. 4a, the large lettering placed at the top and bottom and in thecorners of the square encompassing the figure is an abbreviated passagefrom th scripture accompanied by the proper reference thereto. It doesnot seem, necessary or advisable to em ploy the usual referencecharacters in describing this figure which I call the mundane sphere.The ordinary calendar months arranged in their order and in agreementwith the zodiacal signs are placed on the outside of the circumferenceof this figure. The 360 degrees and twelve signs common to all circlesare marked on its inside. The square drawn in this figure, having itscorners at the Roman figures I and VII, IV and X, is called the mundanesphere and is a feature I claim to be new and useful. It serves threepurposes; (1) geographically considered, it

360 degrees and twelve signs, it becomes an accurate and ever readyreckoner oflongitude and time, simplifying by demonstration that branchof mathematics; point I representing longitude nothing or meridianGreenwich, point VII representing longitude 180 degrees west orinternational date line, point IV representing latitude 90 degreessouth, point X representing latitude 90 degrees north; and (3)astrologically considered, it definitely locates the four most powerfulhouses, namely, I Beginning of Life, X Honor, VII Law, IV End of Life,permitting of an instantaneous grasp of the importance of these houses,signs and planets occupying them in considering any mapof the heavens.The seeming contrary arrangement of east and west points is alsodesigned and obviates the usual confusion attending comparisons ofterrestrial and celestial maps. 7

The twelve sections or houses astrologically so called of this mundanesphere represent crosswise sections of the earth, having 30 degrees oflongitude and 180 degrees of latitude. Beginning with the diameter ormeridian numbered I at its eastern extremity, and computing eastward, wehave, in this circle of 360 degrees, twelve consecutively numberedmeridians, called in this connection the cusps or beginnings of thesucceeding 80 degrees (sign of the circle) or section of the earth ormundane house. These cusps and sections correspond to the twelvecorresponding numbered meridians or cusps of the twelve sections orsigns of the Zodiac, each mundane section being subject to the influenceof the zodiacal sign or section of like number. This system isscientifically determined by what is astronomically called the radicalposition of the Zodiac which occurs annually at the vernal equinox whenthe sun is said to enter the first point of the first zodiacal signAries, which sign at that date holds the ascend- 110 ent or I mundanehouse at sunrisethe days and nights being equal and the cardinal signsbeing alined with the cardinal points of the earth.

It is to be noted that there are twelve cir- 115 cles in this figure.Counting from the center of the figure, the first four circles inclosematter pertaining to the human head, described hereafter. The farthestcircles from the center, which are the eleventh and twelfth, 120 inclosebetween them the names of certain countries, nations of the earth, whichnames contain the following abbreviations; C for central; W for west; Efor east; Fr. for farther; I and Ils. for islands; 125 N for new; W. I.for West Indies; C. A. for Central America; E. B. A. for East BritishAmerica; C. B. A. Central 'British America; U. S. A. for United Statesof America; E. U. S. A. for East relation which each 30-degree-sectionof the earth, as Well as the peculiar relation which each twelfthsection of the human body, has with certain numerically designated signsof the zodiac, is portrayed and demonstrated, the sections of the earthbeing partly named in the inclosed space between the eleventh andtwelfth circles, while the names of the twelve sections of the humanbody are placed in their natural order on the human figure, with theseeming exception of the word heart in section five.

On the human figure is also placed the names of the Hebrew months inalinement with the ordinary calendar months to which they correspond, asAbib (April) and so on; also, numerals in sets, as 1-7, 2- 8 and so on,the first numeral of each set denoting the number of the month in theHebrew ecclesiastical year, and the second of each set denoting thenumber of the month in the Hebrew civil year, as Abib which was thefirst month in the ecclesiastical year and the seventh month in theHebrew civil year. Inclosed between the ninth and tenth circles arewords denoting social, physical and spiritual conditions of mankindtaken both individually and collectively, which words contain thefollowing abbreviations; S. Jouns for short journeys; Bro. & Sis. forbrothers and sisters; Childr. for children; Pleas. for pleasure; Infrs.for

inferiors; U. & Aun. for uncles and aunts; Secrt. for secrets; M. C. formeridian culmination; Relig. for religion; Visio. for visions; and Publcfor public. Inelosed between the eighth and ninth circles are the wordsAdam and the names of certain ones of his descendants, eleven of whomare antediluvian patriarchs, and one of whom is a post-diluvianpatriarch. Inclosed between the seventh and eighth circles are the namesof the twelve children of Jacob and Joseph, who are the twelve foundersof the natural kingdom of Israel and the earthy Jerusalem. Inclosedbetween the sixth and seventh circles are the names of the twelveapostles of Jesus Christ, which apostles are the founders of thespiritual kingdom of Israel and the heavenly Jerusalem the four andtwenty elders .of Revelations). Inclosed between the fifth and sixthcircles are the names of the twelve jewels garnishing the twelvefoundations of the new Jerusalem, prefigured by the twelve stones in thebreast plate of the Jewish high priest. Inclosed between the fourth andfifth circles are the symbols of the twelve signs of the zodiac, whichsigns rule the houses in which they are placed; the names of the elementcolors red, green, purple and blue; and the names of the colors producedby the scientific blending with said element colors of the colors of theplanets ruling the various signs of the zodiac, as the color of Leo,whose element color is red, being the planet house of the sun, theblending ofthe gold of the sun,

with the red of the sign gives orange yellow; see section V.

Having thus given a casual description of this figure as it pertains tothe subject matter contained between the circles, or, in other words,having described it circumferentially, I will now describe more fullyand by illustration of the whole that portion of it (the second house)which is inclosed by meridians II and III, which is a descriptionradially. Commencing at meridian I longitude nothing, and passingeastward over the first 30 degrees of longitude or one thousand eighthundred geographical miles of the earths surface, we find that themeridian near Cairo, Egypt, is the thirtieth degree east, hence, thecusp or beginning of the second house now being described,

which house corresponds to the second zodiaeal slgn, Taurus or Te,meaning foundation. The significance of all this becomes apparent, whenwe learn that astronomers and savants are agreed that the star Alcoyneof the Pleiades, a group of this sign, is the center around which oursolar system is revolving, and that the great pyramid of Greheza on thisthirtieth meridian was orienated by this star and builded incommemoration of that period when the vernal equinox occurred in thissign, Taurus. This period of time, calculated by the precession of theequinoxes and computed by Bible chronology, was about 2170 B. C. TheHebrew and Arabic meaning of the name Alcoyne is the center, thefoundation, or the base. The Latin word for the Pleiades is Vergiliae,or Stars of the Spring while the Hebrew name for the entire group isChima the Cumulus, or Rolled Around; these facts pertaining to thissecond sign are also relative to this second mundane house which alsowas once the cardinal section of the earth, the historical center andcradle of the human race, and recent surveys have demonstrated that thegreat pyramid of Geheza, latitude 30 degrees north and longitude 80degrees east, marks the center of the land areas of the earth. This canbe easily verified by any Mercator map or terrestrial globe.

In this section inclosed between circles eleven and twelve are the namesof certain countries anciently famous, namely, Arabia, Palestine, Egyptand Persia. These and many others north and south of the equator,together with their adjacent waters, constitute that section of theearth, especially influenced by this second sign, Taurus, and'asuperficial examination of this section will show that the names,customs, rites and ceremonies of these nations prove that they have feltthis influence and, perhaps, intuitively appropriated their starryallotments, which the Lord God hath divided unto all nations under theWhole heavens. Deut. 4; 19.

In this second section of the heavens we have the sign, Taurus. On theearth in'this second section, we have the Taurus mountains and manycountries Where Taurus, or Apis, the bull, was, and is, the object ofidolatrous worship, and other countries where the hull was used as asacrifice, or substitute. Leviticus 4; 1, 5. We also find the country orregion anciently known as Chersonesus Taurica where dwelt the Sythianrace Tauri from whom is descended the modern Saxon or John Bull. Themodern name of this region is the Crimea, a corruption of the HebrewChima, the Rolled Around. In the sign, we find the constellation ofPerseus the mighty warrior who holds triumphantly the cut-off head ofMedusa. On earth we find the anciently great Medo-Persia, famous inhistory and noted for great world conquerors, such as Nebuchadnezzar,Cyrus, Darius and Alexander the Great (Greek). In the sign, also, wefind the constellation of Orion, the exterminator of the dragon, and onearth in Egypt We find the worship of Osiris, or Orion. In the sign wefind the constellation of Eridanus, or waters of judgment, and on earthwe find many waters noted for decisive events in both ancient and moderntimes, such as the Euphrates and Jordan rivers, the Dead and Red seas,all inseparably connected with Gods judgments, the Nile whose annualoverflow decided so much for the inhabitants of its valley, the Suezcanal deciding so much for present day civilization.

In astronomical anatomy this house and sign rules the throat, neck andshoulders of the microcosm and exerts an influence for strength, push,determination and patient perseverance, obedience and power of the humanvoice.

In astrological calculations it pertains to acquired wealth and isjudged for these matters according to the sign holding it and planetsoccupying it in any map of the heavens. The blessings of fruitfulnessand powers of substitutiton occupy this house and sign by reason ofdivine command. Gen. 48; 14,20; 49; 22,27. Deut. 33; 18,18.

The third son of Adam, Seth, meaning put, is placed in this section, hebeing the first in the line of Bible genealogy from Adam, the head, whois placed in the first house, Aries, he being the radical head of thehuman race. Gen. 5; 1, 1. Seth was put for Abel whom Cain slew (Gen. 4:;25), this being the first recorded instance of substitution because ofsin, thus introducing the central thought of the teachings of this sign,which, in a spiritual sense points to the-substitution of Jesus Christas the sin offering of the world, while, in the afflicted sense, thepower of substitution becomes debased into supplanting, which feature isalso developed in the teachings of this sign thus Ephraim, meaningdouble fruitfulness, the second son of Joseph, whose name is placed inthis section, was put or substituted, by his grandfather, Israel (Jacob)(1) for Joseph, his father; (2) for Manassaln his own elder brother;(Gen. 48 :14, 20) thus, to him was given not only the power ofsubstitution, signified by the name Israel, but also the feature ofsupplanting signified by the name Jacob, and the added fruitfulness,signified by the name Joseph. Gen. 27; 33, 36, also, 29; 21, 31. He, inhis turn, exemplified these features when he became the richest and mostnumerous of the tribes, eventually substituting Samaria for Jerusalemand supplanting Judah as the King of the Ten Tribes.

Placed in this section is, also, James, the son of Zebidee, meaning thegift of J ah, who is the apostle of Jesus Christ, whose name (James) andjewel accords with this section, James in Hebrew meaning the same asJacob, that is supplanter.

The jewel assigned to this house is the sapphire meaning number. It ismentioned in Rev. 21; 19 as the garnishing stone of the secondfoundation of the new Jerusalem, its meaning and divers beautiful colorsfittingly representing the multitude of nations and numberlessblessings, given to Jacob and by him placed on the head of Joseph, whowas separated from his brethren. Gen. 37; 3; also, 49; 22,27.

We now come to the astronomical symbol of the sign Taurus and the wordsdark green, Taurus being a sign of the earthy triplicity, the elementcolor of which is green and the ruling planet of. the sign which isVenus, and whose coloris a pink or rose red and so the blending has verylittle effect on the element color.

In like manner as we have demonstrated by our description of this radialsection, there is a deep, fundamental thought with three applications,namely, physical, mental and spiritual, more or less applicable tomankind, individually and collectively, to be found in every section ofthis figure.

We now come to the human head filling the circular space from the centerto the fourth circle, which we will now describe.

I claim to have discovered and to have invented a mechanism fordemonstrating; (1) that the principle of the law of polarization and lawof orientation operating on all planes, of celestial activities are alsooperating on all planes of terrestial activities, and that a knowledgeof these facts and a correct application of these laws constitute theonly reliable foundation on which an exact human science can be built.

' covered to be the cause of the existence of such faculties andpropensities of the human mind and consequent expressions on the humanface and elevations on the human skull.

The map or chart on which this Fig. 4 is placed is adapted to be rolledupon pole C of Fig. 1, which pole supports said map or chart, the smallcircle in the center of the figure being adapted to receive said spindleE which partially supports said map or chart and gives desiredalinements of Fig. 4 With other figures of my mechanism.

I claim that the human head, being the first house, or ascendant sectionof the microcosmic body,has a radical or primary position, determined bythe laws of polarization and orientation, and, when scientificallypositioned, asin Fig. 4, it is to be synthetically considered, as itcorresponds in power and shape to the circle of the zodiac and rules theentire body by means of the nervous system.

By referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that meridian I (cusp I) of thefirst house at its eastern extremity is the line of perception to thehuman headthe first conscious faculties of the mind. While the westernextremity or meridian VII designates the balancing section of the headin full accord with the loins and reins, the balancing sections of themicrocosm. This orienating meridian is called in this connection theline of equi librium and is especially subject to the pull of gravityand the disintegrating forces of nature. It divides the head as well asthe body into northern and southern hemispheres, while meridian IV atits southern extremity and X at its northern extremity divides both intoeastern and western hemispheres. This perpendicular meridian is calledin this connection the line of erection and is especially influenced bythe law of polarization and the constructive force of nature. Itpolarizes the microcosm and, being identical with the spinal column, itcauses him to stand upright. It is intersected by the lineofequilibriumin the region of the loins or balances. It collects andtransmits by means of the brain and spinal cord the life forceconstantly emanating from the celestial poles. By reason of thisinfusion of the higher life, man, the higher animal, is enabledtowithstand the pull of gravity and resist the destructive forces ofnature and walk upright before his Creator physically, mentally andspiritually, having his greatest extent therein, latitudinally, incontradistinction to the lower animal whose. head, being less circular,hence appropriating a less amount of zodiacal influence, has hisgreatest extent longitudinally, his spinal column corresponding to theline of equilibrium; and so he walks horizontally before his Creator,with his entire length subject to the pull of gravity and thedisintegrating forces, having very little if any infusion of the lifefrom the celestial poles, hence he is short lived, of small mentalityand undeveloped spiritually.

In Fig. 5, F is the rim of a wheel madeof metal or any other suitablematerial. This rim isadapted to being knocked down into six equalsections. 1 to 12 inclusive are the radii of six diameters whichintersect each other in the center of the wheel. 13 and 14 are two of 24flangelike dividers of said rim. 15 to 26 inclusive are small signblackboards, illuminated by any suitable means,

on which are placed in suitable colors the pictures, symbols and namesof the twelve signs of the zodiac, the grand man with Bible referencesthereto. These twelve signs partake of the nature of the four naturalele ments, namely, fire, earth, water and air, each element having anindividual color, each color having three signs, each sign having ashade of intensity of that individualcolor, said intensity of color (andthe sign having it) being named fixed, common .and cardinalrespectively. These constitute what are called the element triplicitiesand are:

F are triplz'cz'ty (clement color red).

Aries cardinal medium red Leo fixed-pr1mary red; Sag1ttar1us-commonorange red.

Earthy triplz'cz'ty (clement color green).

Taurus fixe ddark green; Virgo-common-ohve green; Capr1corncard1nalmedium green.

Watery triplicity (clement color blue).

Cancer cardinal medium blue Scorp1ofixeddark blue; P1scescommon marineblue.

Air trtplicitg (clement color purple).

those not shown in this figure is seen at the center of Fig.8. 28, 29and 80 are the names of the three constellations called de cans (meaning10 degrees) that belong to the second zodiacal sign, Taurus. In the samemanner each sign has its decans named on the rim of the figures withinthe proper section. Each of these decans is accompanied by Biblereferences thereto. 31 is one of 12 similar bolts adapted to bind saidradii to said rim. The sectional divisions of this rim can best beexplained in the explanation of Fig. 9. G, H, I and J are the four sidesof what I call the celestial square. 32 is one of 12 similar bolts thatbind said square to said radii. This figure is what I call the celestialsphere, and, for the same reason that important matter was placed on theface of the section in Fig. 4:, important matter is placed on' the face(radii) of the section in this figure. The clock-like mechanism at thecenter of this figure is not a fundamental part of this figure, but is aseparate and independent device, although it is used in connection withthe figure. The small circle at the center of this figure is aperforation adapted to receive spindle E of Fig. 1, on which it ismounted and revolves. The subject matter placed on the radii of thisfigure has the following abbreviations, not mentioning the signs of thezodiac, the sun, moon, symbols of said signs and the planets: Ex. for exaltation; F. for fall; D. for detriment; Fi. for fiery; Ma. formasculine; M0. for movable; Ca. for cardinal; Eq. for equinoctial; E.for earthy; F e. for feminine; Fx. for fixed; Fr. for fruitful; C. L.for celestial leader; A. for airy; Co. for common; Ba. for barren; D. B.for double bodied IV. for watery M. L. for mundane leader.

The subject matter on radius 1 reads as follows; The planet house ofMars. The

- exaltation of the Sun. Fall of Saturn.

Detriment of Venus. Fiery. Masculine. Movable. Cardinal. Mundane leader.

"The subject matter on radius Q'reads as follows; The planet house ofVenus. Exaltation of the moon. Fall of Herschel. Detriment of Mars.Earthy. Feminine. Fixed. Celestial leader. In like manner the subjectmatter of every radius readsi We will now explain what the matter onradius 2 means as this matter was that which we considered heretoforeradially. The planet house of Venus means, that this second sign,Taurus, is of a similar nature to that of Venus, that is, the thingsthat are represented by Venus are also represented by Taurus. Exaltationof the Moon means, that this satellite in certain positions comes torepresent practically the same thing as Venus. Fall of Herschel means,that Herschel being masculine, scientific and oc-' cult in his natureand at home in the airy.

sign of Aquarius is in square to his true position and out of hiselement in this earthy sign of Taurus. Detriment of Mars means, thatMars being fiery, energetic and impulsive in his nature and at home inthe fiery, impulsive sign of Aries forms no aspect to his own trueposition and is out of his ele-' ment in this fixed, plodding sign ofTaurus. Earthy means, partaking of the nature of the ground. Femininemeans, receptive and fruitful. Fixed means, strong, satisfied andimmutable in the proper element. Celestial leader will be fully definedhereinafter. v

The square marked on this figure having its points at the sign picturesTaurus, 'Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, is called the celestial square andis a feature of my invention, the use of which I claim to be new,instructive and useful. In my mechanism it has three distinctive uses asfollows: (1) it becomes, by dividing the circle into four 90-degreesections or arcs, a ready reckoner of the aspects and an infallibleindex to the positions and parallels of the signs and planets occupyingthem, so that a quick and accurate perception of these factors is alwaysat handa fact of prime importance in all astrological calculations; (2by connecting the fixed or more power ul signs of the elementtriplicities, namely, Taurus (earth), Leo (fire), Scorpio (water) andAquarius (air), it specializes the ancient cardinal points of theheavens as they stood before the equinoxes had passed to their presentposition. I claim this use to be of great value in teaching astronomy,in demonstrating the precession of the equinoxes, and in dividing andlocating the 30-degree sections of the earth; and (3) by emphasizing thescripturally recognized zodiacal leaders, it supplies both cause andreason for scriptural dates and records and gives valuable aid inelucidating various portions and texts of the Scripture referring; 1) tohistory and prophecy (as Dan. and Ezra) (2) to genealogy (Gen; 5 Math;1; (3) to chronology (Gen; 7. Luke; 1); 1) to geography (Gen; 10.Joshua) and (5) to zodiacal enigmas (Ez k.; 1 and 10. Isa.; (5. Num.; 2.Rev; 4 and 20).

In Fig. 6, K is the indicator. 33 and 3 are the hands that indicatesolar time. The small circle at the center of this figure is aperforation adapted to receive tightly spindle E of Fig. 1, on whichspindle it is adapted to be mounted and to rotate. Solar time ismeasured in Roman characters, and sidereal time in ordinary numerals.This device is independent of, but is used in connection with, Fig. 5.

p In Fig. 7, L is the pointer. is a per- Mercury.

foration in the spindle end of the pointer, which perforation is sizedso as to fit sufficiently tight on said spindle to enable it to standwherever it may be set.

In Fig. 8, 24 is the blackboard. 10 is the radius to which said board isattached by means of the bolts 27 and 28. 38 is one of the 12 similarbolts not shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 9, M is a section of the rim F of Fig. 5 extending from radius 1to radius 3. 1 is a detached portion of radius 1 of Fig. 5. 39 and 40are perforations in the ends of said section. 41 is a perforation in theend of said detached portion of said radius. 42 is a perforationcentrally positioned in said section. Perforations 40, 11, and a similarperforation in the Aries end of thesection of said rim of Fig. 5, aline,one with the other, and bolt 31 is adapted to enter and pass through allof these alining perforations and bind them securely together. A. boltsimilar to 31 is adapted to enter and pass through perforation 12 and analining perforation in the end portion of radius 2 and bind said radiusfirmly to said section. In a similar manner, all the sections of saidrim and all of said radii are fitted and bound together in onesymmetrical whole as per Fig. 5. And it is in this manner, also, thatsaid wheel of Fig. 5 is adapted to being knocked down for convenience inmoving from one lecture room to another and also for shipping from oneplace to another. N and O are two small blackboards used in connectionwith my invention. Board N is adapted for use in taking thereon asummary of the declinations of the various planets to the ecliptic andalso of their relative posi* tions in the heavens. Running across thetop of board N and Within the boxheads, Po. means position; No. meansnorth; So. means south; Parl. means parallel; then again, Po. meansposition; Gel. means celestial sign; Mun. means mundane house; and Gone.means conclusion. Running from top to bottom along the left side of saidboard and in the order named are symbols of the sun, moon, Neptune,Herschel, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Board 0 is adapted to receivethereon the markings of the distances of one planet from another, saiddistances being called aspects. Running from top to bottom along thecharacters written on said board to denote aspects; the first charactermeans, conjunction (no degrees) the second, parallel (equal number ofdegrees); the third, opposition (180 degrees) the fourth, triangle (120degrees) the fifth, square (90 degrees); the sixth, semi-square 15degrees); the seventh, sextile degrees); the eighth, semi-sextile. (30degrees); the ninth, quintel (72 degrees); the tenth, biquintel (-144degrees) the eleventh, sesquiquadrate, (150 degrees) ;the twelfth,eclipse; the thirteenth, crescent; and the fourteenth, ocult sign. It isfrom the facts indicated on these boards that purely scientificdeductions are had which I call classical readings.

In Fig. 10, P is the group of arms and their attachments. 15 to 58inclusive are said arms taken individually. 59 is a bolt whichrepresents spindle E of Fig. 1. 60 is one of 1 1 similar bolts adaptedto bind the several disks, the crescent and the hand to the free ends ofsaid arms. Each disk crescent has placed on it the name and symbol ofthe thing they represent. All of the planets, the asteroids the moon andthe sun are represented by these disks. Such planets as have moons haverotatably attached to them secondary arms adapted to fold onto saidfirst mentioned arms and disks representing these moons. This group ofarms with their attachments are used in connection with Fig. 5 only,spindle E taking the place of bolt 59.

In Fig. 11, 53 is the arm. 61 is the disk.

62, 63 and 64 are perforations. 64 is adapted to aline with 62, and abolt as 60 is adapted to bind said disk and said arm firmly to gether.65 is a washer adapted to be mounted tightly on said spindle E andsomewhat tighter than said arms and is in that way adapted to not onlyseparate each arm from the other, but also prevent each arm fromcontacting the other and carrying it with the first mentioned when setat any desired point on Fig. 5. 66 is a nut adapted to run onto thethreads of said spindle E and hold loosely said arms on said spindle.

In Fig. 13, the reference characters that are common to this figure andFig. 5 refer to the same parts in each figure. 67 to 75 inclusive areconcentric circles of tubing overlying the blackboards 15 to 26inclusive to which they are attached in a way best de scribed in Fig.let. The human hand in the center of this figure, being separate andindependent, but used in connection with this figure, forms nofundamental part of the figure itself. The small circle at the center ofthis figure is a perforation and adapted to receive spindle E of Fig. 1,on which the chart or map on which this figure is placed is adapted tobe mounted and to rotate. This difference between this figure and F ig;5 is in the means employed for positioning the heavenly bodies and thepointer as shown in Fig. 10. At various points on said tubing are seen15 movable, colored, illuminated crystals or bulbs as shown in Figs. 13and 15, on the faces of all of which except the pointer are placed thenumber of satellites and the symbols of the heavenly bodies theyrepresent, and on the faces of all of which except the pointer and thesun is placed ordinary numerals which indicate the time required by eachof these bodies to make one revolution around the sun, the time beingindicated in terms of the time required for the earth to make onerevolution around the sun.

In Fig. 1a, 76 is a section of all the tubes of Fig. 13. 77 to 85inclusive are fillers fitted and secured in the hollows of one end ofsaid tubes and of the same diametrical sizes as said hollows. Thehollows in said tubes at the other ends thereof are left open. 86 and 87are braces or supports to which said tubing is securely attached by anysuitable means. This section is, as if from radius 1 to 4 inclusive.

In Fig. 15, 88 is one of said braces of Fig. 14, showing the lugs 89 onone edge thereof and the width of the brace. Said tubes are attached tothe edge of said brace opposite said lugs, which lugs are adapted toslide underneath and engage the edges of said blackboards of Fig. 13,when said section is put in lace on said blackboards. The width of saicbraces hold said tubes alittle way above said blackboards. The fillersin one set of ends of said section are adapted to fit into and enter thehollows of another set of ends in another section next adjoining it. Thedifferent sections and parts of Fig. 13 are best assembled and put inplace on a table or floor, said tubes, in order to be enabled to placethe last section thereof, is best assembled apart from said wheel ofFig. 13,

and then, by placing it on said wheel and by giving it a spiral turn,said lugs slip into their places under the edges of said blackboards,and a small screw passed through any one of said lugs and into any oneof said blackboards will hold and secure said tubing to said wheel. 90is a plan view, and 91 is a vertical section, of one of said movablecrystals. 92 is a spring clamp attached to the lower face of saidcrystal by any suitable means. By means of the diverging point of saidclamp, said crystal is enabled to slide onto and clamp any one of saidtubes and at any point thereon, and by means of the an ularformation ofthe clamping portion 0% said clamp, said crystal can be removed fromsaid tubes by pulling it outwardly.

In Fig. 16, 93 is the human hand. Elsewhere herein 1 have stated myclaims in a general 'way regarding the discovery of the operation ofcertain laws on the aforesaid microcosm the little man. I havedemonstrated the operation of said laws on said microcosmcircumferentially, radially and perpendicularly, and have, in doing so,specialized on the human head. I will now specialize on the human handto which I will apply the same laws through and by means of that branchof human science called chiromancy,

I claim, by reason of the operation of the law of polarization andorientation on all terrestrial planes, that the human hand, being thechief executor of the mind and marker of the latitudinal andlongitudinal limits of the human body, is, so to speak, a projectedhead, and, scientifically considered, is an elongated, hollow sphere,having an axis and equator and executive force corresponding to thegoverning head of the body, functioning it separately, but harmoniously.Stand with feet together. Face the north. Place the'palms of the handstogether and extend the arms to the perpendicular limit above the head,and it becomes obvious that the hands are separated into aneastern (orright) hemisphere and a western (or left) hemisphere by the sameperpendicular line of erection which polarizes the body and divides thebrain into like hemispheres or lobes. This line of erection correspondsto meridian IV and X of Fig. 4. It is definitely marked in the majorityof hands. It extends from the center base of the hand, near the wrist,to the base of the second finger. It is the so called fate line ofpalmistry. I

Separate the hands and, with arms still extended, pass the hands, palmfront, downward to the horizontal limit which, in the more symmetricalfigures, is in line with the reins or balancing section of the body, andtwo facts become obvious; (1) that the hands have inscribed thecircumference of a sphere, the north pole of which is in most casesabout 16 to 18 inches above the head; and also that the equator of thissphere is the horizontal line of equilibrium which now is seen to dividethe hands into a southern (or base) hemisphere and a northern (orphilangic) hemisphere, and to divide also the body into two likehemispheres. This line of equilibrium corresponds to meridian I and V IIof Fig. 4c. It crosses the palm horizontally from a point on the outsideabove the thumb called the head of the life line to a point on theinside called the end of the heart line near the percussion,intersecting the line of erection, or fate line, in the center of thepalm is the so called head line of palmistry. By this naturalapplication of the celestial laws of polarization and orientation, thehands are forthwith arms still extended to the hori- V zontal limit,pass the hands downward to a point between the feet on a line with thegreat toes, and it becomes obvious that the hands have inscribed thecircumference of a hemisphere, the southern pole of which is thesmallest point of contact with the earth, the end of the great toes;(and coming now to the second fact) and (2) that man, himself, is theaxis and equator of a sphere, the circumference of which is his ownlength of ,reach, and the metaphor of mans sphere of action has become ademonstrated fact and man is recognized as being, indeed, fearfully andwonderfully made in full accord with the celestial laws, beingpolarized, centered, sectioned, squared, hypothenated, crossed andcircumscribed, a macrocosm or image of his Creator, the macrocosm of theuniverse.

The small circle at the center of this figure is a perforation, by meansof which the map or chart on which this figureis drawn is adapted to bemounted on spindle E of- Fig. 1. It also has the systematized form andsectional divisions of the other figures of my mechanism, but differssomewhat therefrom in that it represents, in an operative sense, bothFigs. 4: and 5. In this figure, there are four circles. Counting fromthe center outward, inclosed between the third and fourth (outer)circles are the ordinary numerals indicating/the numbers of the mundanehouses of Fig. 4; also the various astronomical characters representingthe zodiacal signs of Fig. 5 placed on the cusp of the correspondingmundane house; also beginning at the cusp of the first house,significator of the sign, Aries, and occurring in the six consecutivelynumbered sections are placed the natural characters found in the humanhand, which corresponds in outline to the astronomical characters,indicating the planetary aspects, shown on board 0 of Fig. 9. Beginningat the cusp of the seventh section, significator of the sign, Libra, andoccurring in the six houses consecutively numbered therefrom, are placedthe astronomical characters indicating the aspects, with certainnumerals adjacent thereto or inclosed within the character, whichnumerals indicate the number of degrees required to form an aspect.Thus, in section 8, sign Scorpio, is placed the astronomicalsignificator of the sextile aspect, which is 60 degrees or two signs,separated, and in section 2. sign, Taurus, is placed the natural handcharacter resembling and called a star, which hand character verygreatly resembles said astonomical significator.

Inclosed between the second and third circles are the astronomicalsignificators of the sun and moon, the eight planets and the asteroids,each planet significatcr being cles are placed certain human handcharacters in alinement with the zodiacal signs and planet significatorsthat they resemble in outline. Thus, in the first section, sign,

Aries, planet house of Mars, is the significator of Mars in alinementwith the human hand character called the dart.

Inclosed Within the first circle is the palm of the left hand showingthe polarizing and orientating meridians with resulting 30-degreesections and depicting and naming the lines commonly found in the hand,the ab breviation G meaning girdle and S meaning Solomon.

The combination of Figs. 5 and 10 is best adapted to small goodsdesigned for mail or express delivery, while the combination of Figs. 3and 1; 3, 4, 13 and 6; and 3, 4, 13 and 16; are best adapted for lecturepurposes.

Having thus described my mechanism in detail and by illustrations, Iwill now describe it as a working mechanism.

For the purposes of a lecture, I position in any suitable place on astage or in a room the tripod stand, Fig. 1. I next put in place on thisstand the mundane chart (sphere),

Fig. 47, which is partially mounted on and partially supported byspindle E, Fig. 1. I next mount on said spindle the celestial chart(sphere), Fig. 13. i

For the purposes of private work, I exchange the above chart, Fig. 13,for the modification of said chart, namely, celestial chart (sphere),Fig. 5.

For the purposes of a lecture, I rotate said chart, Fig. 13, until Ariesand Libra fall upon and aline with diameter I-VII of said chart, Fig. 1.By this position, the

said chart, Fig. 13, occupies the radical posi--- tion. I next mountonsaid spindle E the time indicator, Fig. 6. Having ascertained andhaving at hand the date (solar time) at which it is desired andnecessary to build up and reproduce a map of the heavens, which time wewill suppose is March 29, 1916, 10 oclock a. m., for Philadelphia, Pa,U. S. A.

I next proceed to find the sidereal time corresponding to noon of thatday. I find this by reference to my ephemeris. Then. by a simplecalculation in longitude and time. I find this sidereal time. or rightascension, of the aforesaid meridian to be 22 hrs. 27 min., 00 secs. Inext move the hands of said time indicator so that the shorter hands ofsaid indi ator indicate that hour of sidereal tim and the longer-handsthere of indicate 10 oclock a. m. solar time.

I next refer to my ephemeris to see what sign of the zodiac is on theeastern horizon,

' and this I ascertain from the'tabulated figures in said ephemeriscalled Tables of houses. Using said tables for the meridian of New York(practically the same as that of Philadelphia) which is about 71 degreeswest of Greenwich, We find that at the aforesaid time the 28th degreeand 53d minute of the sign, Gemini is rising, or holding the cusp of thefirst house. I now turn said celestial chart slowly untilthe signblackboard on which is pictured the constellation of the twins orGemini, the third radical sign of the zodiac, is on the cusp of thefirst house or ascendant, marking at the same time on said blackboard 28degress and 53 minutes. In doing this I call special attention to thepassing of the signs over the cusps of the mundane houses, and also tothe fact that this exact degree of the sign, Gemini, is at this exacthour just coming into view on the eastern horizon, and, havingascertained the ascendant, a glance at the mechanism shows all the othersigns to be in perfect alinement with the other mundane houses, Geminibeing 28 degrees and 53 minutes ascendant and the other signs and housesbeing as follows:

Taurus, 20 degrees, holding the cusp of the twelfth house;

Aries, 8 degrees, holding the cusp of the eleventh house;

Iices, 5 degrees, holding the cusp of the tenth house;

Aquarius, 10 degrees, holding the cusp of the ninth house;

Capricorn, 19 degrees, holding the cusp of the eighth house;

Sagittarius, 28 degrees, holding the cusp of the seventh house;

Scorpio, 20 degrees, holding the cusp of the sixth. house;

' Libra, 8 degrees, holding the cusp of the Virgo, 5 degrees, holdingthe cusp of the fourth house;

Leo, 10 degrees, holding the cusp of the third house;

(lancer, 19 degrees, holding the cusp of the second house. 7

I mark the above degrees holding the several cusps on the signblackboards holding them. p

I next refer again to my ephemeric to get the exact longitude of theplanets, sun and moon for the aforesaid time. This, for the sun, I findto be 8 degrees and 28 minutes in the sign, Aries, atnoon on March 29,1916. But I must get this longitude for 10 oclock m. on that da B comarin the lon iy o c tude of the sun at noon for the several days of theaforesaid month of March it is found that its relative motion orvariation in 24 hours is 59 minutes and 16 seconds. By a simplecalculation, said motion or variation is found to be about 5 minutes in2 hours. Subtracting this 5 minutes from its noon longitude, 8 degreesand 28 minutes, we have 8 degrees and 23 minutes as the suns eXactlongitude at 10 oclock a. 111., March 29, 1916.

I now place the golden colored crystal representing the sun on the 5thcircle near the cusp of the eleventh house, for, the sun at theaforesaid time being in Aries, by looking at the mechanism, the signblackboard, Aries, is seen to hold that house by 8 degrees.

I now write on board N," Fig. 9, in the horizontal space allotted to thesignificator (symbol) of the sun, in the vertical halfsection headedposition, in the vertical column headed Cel, 8 degrees and 23 minutes.In the next column to the right, headed Mun, I write the number 11, saidboard now reading from left to right and from top to bottom, Sun in 8degrees and 23 minutes of Aries, the first celestial sign,

' now occupying the position of the eleventh celestial sign by holdingthe eleventh mundane house.

In using the celestial chart, Fig. 5, instead of that of Fig. 13, inprivate work, I do for the sake of convenience position the planetsfirst, beginning with Neptune, the planet having the largest orbit.

By a similar method employed as aforesaid for positioning the sun at thetime aforesaid and of recording the facts obtained thereby, I nowposition the moon and all the planets, and in this way build up anderect a complete and exact map of the heavens for the aforesaid time.Having done this, I proceed to work out the distances of the planets onefrom another 7 which, as aforesaid, I call aspects, and also theirdeclinations to the ecliptic, and I write all of these facts in theirproper places on board 0, Fig. 9.

Thus it is seen, by means of my mechanism, I not only have before me acomplete and exact map of the heavens for the time aforesaid, but alsothe two boards N and O on which are recorded all the necessary factsdeduced from said map and in a condensed I will now explain how I use mymechanism in teaching scriptural truths. By way of illustration, I willnow treat chronologically of Noahs flood, Taking my mechanism asarranged and described next above, I first removeall of the crystals andturn the celestial chart, Fig. 13, back to a radical position. I readGenesis 7 l1, and explain by other scriptures the condition of the earthand heavens before this event. I also bring astronomical science to myaid earth.

as proof of the word (fact) that the Lord God had not caused it to rainupon the Gen. 2; 56. I now read verses 17, Gen. 7, to prove that Noahand his family entered the ark on the 10th day of the second month. Inext proceed to establish the exact date of this event by callingattention to the dates found in the fifth chapter of Genesis, and inthis way determine that the 600th year of Noahs life was the 1656th yearfrom the creation of man. I next proceed to define the second monthaforesaid by referring to Exodus 12; 1: 2; 18: and13; 4. I now callattention to the ordinary calendar months of Fig. 4; also to the Hebrewcalendar of the same figure; and also to the zodiacal signs, Fig. 13,set in radical position, proving that the aforesaid second month was thesecond ecclesiastical month or the eighth civil year month of the Hebrewcalendar corresponding to AprilMay of the ordinary calendar and to thesecond zodical sign, Taurus. So that my chronology is, according to theordinary calendar, May 1, 1656, a. m.; according to the Hebrewecclesiastical year Iyar 10, 1656; according to astronomical calculationthe 10th degree of the second zodical sign, Taurus, which, by themechanism, is the 40th degree of the solar cycle and the beginning ofthe second decan of said sign, Taurus.

I now call attention to said decan by referring to the zodiac, Fig. 3,where it is pictured as a great stream of water called Eridanus, meaningwaters of judgment. Thus it is, the flood beginning on the seventeenthday of the month (Gen. 7 11), the mechanism now shows that said day wasthe 47th degree of the solar cycle and the 17th degree of the sign,Taurus, or about the middle of the second decan of said sign, whichdecan is Eridanus, that is waters of j u dgment.

I now read from Genesis 7; 12, that the rain was upon the earth fortydays and forty nights. I now refer to the degrees marked on the rim ofFig. 4 counting from the 47th degree on said rim as. the beginning ofrain. To this I add 40 degrees for the continuance of the rain and findthat the rain ceased on the 27th day of the 3d. Hebrew ecclesiastical.month which is the 9th civil month called Sivon, which corresponds tothe 87th degree of the solar cycle or the 20th day of June (summersolstice) of the ordinary calendar, which, astronomicallyconsidered, isthe 27th degree of the third zodiacal sign, Gemini, which falls on thethird decan of said sign called Procyon. By referring to the zodiac,Fig. 3, it is seen that the decan Procyon is pictured as a little dogthe companion of the great dog Sirius, the second decan of said sign,which edog Sirius is called the avenger. Psa. 149; 7 9.

By referring now to Gen. 7; 24, We see that the waters prevailed uponthe earth an hundred and fifty days. I now begin at the 47th degreemarked on the rim of Fig. 4 and count 150 degrees (five months) whichbrings us to the 17th day of the seventh Hebrew ecclesiastical month(Gen. 8; 4) or the first month of the Hebrew civil year, correspondingto the 25th day of Octo ber oftheordinary calandar, which,astronomically considered, is the 17th degree of the seventh zodiacalsign, Libra, which falls on the seconddecan of said sign. By refer ringagain to zodiac, Fig. 3, we see that this decan is pictured as a deadwolf and is called the victim slain, an appropriate symbol of aslainworld. Gen. 7; 23.

By referring now to Gen. 8; 5, we see that the waters decreasedcontinually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first dayof the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. I now begin at the197 degree marked on the rim of Fig. 4 and count 73 degrees or days tothe 1st day of the 10th Hebrew ecclesiastical month or the 4th Hebrewcivil month, corresponding to the 9th day of January of the ordinarycalendar, which, astronomically considered, is the first degree of thetenth zodiacal sign, Capricorn, which falls on the first decan of saidsign. By referring again to the zodiac, Fig. 3, we

' see that this decan is pictured by a flying arrow called the killingdart, a fitting symbol of the universal death that had covered themountain tops and reached even to the fowl of the heaven. Gen. 7; 23.Forty days later Noah opens the window, sends forth the raven thatreturned not and the dove which returned again. Beginning at the 270thdegree marked on the rim of Fig. 4, I count 40 degrees which brings meto the 310 degree of the solar cycle or the 10th day of the eleventhHebrew ecclesiastical month or the fifth Hebrew civil month,corresponding to the 20th day of February of the ordinary calendar,which, astronomically considered, is the 10 degrees of the eleventhsign, Aquarius, which falls on the cusp of the second decan of saidsign, called Pegasus. By referring again to the zodiac, Fig. 3, we seethat this decan is pictured as a winged horse speeding swiftly, starnames, meaning the issuing forth, a remarkable symbol of the sendingforth of the spirit as spoken of by Zachariah, 6th chapter, and inRevelations, 6th chapter, 7 days later, which brings me to the 317thdegree of the solar cycle or 17 days of 'the eleventh Hebrewecclesiastical month, or the fifth Hebrew civil month, corresponding toFebruary 27th of the ordinary calendar, which, astronomicallyconsidered, is the 17th degree of the eleventh zodiacal sign, Aquarius,which falls on the second decan (not the cusp of) of said sign calledPegasus, the winged horse .(as explained above), Noah again sent forththe dove which returned in the evening bearing the sign of natural life,the olive leaf plucked ofi. Noah remain in said ark still another 7 daysand sent forth the dove the third time, and it returned no more.Beginning at the 317th degree marked on the rim of Fig. 4 and counting 7degrees, I come to the 324 degree of the solar cycle, or the 24th day ofthe Hebrew ecclesiastical month, or the fifth Hebrew civil month,corresponding to March the 5th or 6th of the ordinary calendar, which,astronomically considered, is the 24th degree of the eleventh zodiacalsign, Aquarius, which falls on the third decan of said sign, calledCygnus. By referring again to the zodiac, Fig. 3, we see that this decanis figured as a great bird flying swiftly down the milky way, said birdbeing called also the swan which is a very important constellation inastronomical calculations, the principal stars of which form the mostsymmetrical cross in the heavens, a fitting picture of the sending forthof the Spirit tothe whole earth, as foretold in Joel and referred to inActs 2; 16-21.

I now read the 13th verse of the 8th chapter of Genesis, which showsthat, after the end of the last seven days aforesaid, Noah remained inthe ark 36 days or until the waters were dried up from off the earth,which was in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month,therfirst day of the month. Beginning at the 324th degree marked on therim of Fig. 4, I count 36 degrees which brings me to the 361 degree ofthe solar cycle (one day more than a year), or the 1st day of the firstHebrew ecclesiastical month or the seventh Hebrew civil month,corresponding to the 10th day of April of the ordinary calendar, which,astronomically considered, is the 1stv degree of the first sign, Aries,the point of the vernal equinox that determines the radicalposition ofthe Zodiac and so brings the astronomical year, the divinely appointedNew Years day of the Hebrews. Exodus 12; 2:13 4.

As Noah on this day removed the covering of the ark, so it became afitting time to remove the covering of the old dispensation or worldthat was and let in the sun light of the new era, when the lamb shalllead instead of the bull. St. John 1; 29. This 1st day of this sign,Aries, falls on the first decan of the sign, called Cassiopeia. Byreferring again to the zodiac, Fig. 3, we see that this decan ispictured as a queen receiving the sign of favor from the enthroned King,Cepheus, the second decan of the neighboring sign, Pices, who is holdingout to her the sceptera beautiful and fitting picture of the greatmother earth, cleansed and purified by thewaters of judgment restored tofavor with her King and Creathe lambs and ewes in his arms.

broke up, (Gen. 7; 11), was in the ark 1 year, 2 months and 17 days,and, therefore,

beginning at the first degree of the first zodiacal sign, Aries, andcounting 57 degrees, we find that he came out of the ark on the 27th dayof the 2d month of the 1657th year of creation, which was the secondmonth of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year or the eighth month of theHebrew civil year, corresponding to May 17th of the ordinary calendar,which, astronomically considered,

is the 27th degree of the second zodiacal sign, Taurus, which day fallson the third decan of said sign.

By referring again to the zodiac, Fig. 3, we see that this decan calledAuriga is pictured as the Good Shepherd who is holding Isa. 40; 9-11.

Thus, in this decan of the peaceful shepherds, ends this greatcataclysm, which lasted 365 plus 10, equal 375, days sun measurement, or360 plus '10, equals 370, days moon or scriptural measurementa period oftime in which there was neither seed time or harvestbut a shorelessocean tumbled around the globe and earth received her universal baptismunto death, a calamity which shall never occur again. Gen. 8; 22.

The birth of Christ occurred 4100 A. M. Subtracting from that number1657, we find the flood ended 2443 B. C. By adding to this last number1916 (this current year), we find, according to Bible chronology, thatNoah came out of the ark exactly 4359 years ago on this 17 day of May,1916, the day on which this manuscript is written, and, to complete thechronology, add 1657 to 4359 and find that we are in the 6016 year sincethe creation of Adam.

Having thus explained my invention as a Working mechanism as it pertainsto the erection of maps of the heavens and to the teaching, elucidatingand demonstrating of scriptural truths, I could proceed in like mannerto treat of religion, sychology, astronomy, meteorology, astr' ogy,polarization, orientation, sacred chronology, metaphysics and gemology,all pertaining chiefly .to mans spirltual nature; and to treat oftaining to the mental nature of man; and also to treat of craniology,hygiene, somatology (anatomy, physiology and biology apart frompsychology), medical science, chemistry, geology and physics allpertaining to the physical nature of man.

In doing this, I treat of various branches of human knowledge bearingupon and ref erable to all of the aforesaid divisions of man, the greatmicrocosm, such as the Holy Scriptures (already illustrated), history,sociology, human science, anthropology, biology (including psychology),rational and scientific diagnosis and body treatment (including medicineproperly applied) and chromeology.

Having thus described my invention in detail, by illustrations and as aworking mechanism,

What I claim is 1. In means for demonstrating stellar p0 sitions andinfluences, a chart having placed thereon a figure consisting of anysuitable number of concentric circles having a common center, a humanhead at the common center of said circles, a human figure in circularformation encompassing said human head, said circles having 12 radiinumbered from 1 to 12 inclusive dividing said human head, said humanfigure and each of said circles into approximately 12 equal segments,radius 1 lying at the head and feet, radius 4 at the chest, radius 7 atthe reins, and radius 10 at the knees, of said human figure, degreemarks placed-on one of said circles, a square cornering at radii 1, 4:,7 and 10', and words and symbols written on the circumferences of saidcircles denoting the months of the Hebrew ecclesiastical and civil yearand also of the ordinary year, political divisions of the earth,characteristics of human nature, ante-diluvians Israelites, Christsapostles, jewels, colors, symbols of the signs of the zodiac, and onsaid human head faculties of the human mind, and on said human figurethe various organs and portions of the human body.

2. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, a wheelconsisting of a rim, 6 diameters, 12 sign blackboards and a square, saidrim being adapted to be knocked down into 6 approximately equal sectionswhich in their turn are divided by means of flange-like elevations on,and perforations through, said rim into 6 approximately equal parts,said diameters being adapted to intersect each other at the center ofsaid wheel thereby dividing themselves into 12 radii the free endportions of which are adapted to be detachably attached to said rim atpoints approximately equidistant the one from the other on said rim,said points of attachment on said radii be in g between the free endsthereof and the center of said wheel, said sign blackboards havingplaced thereon the illuminated, colored pictures, symbols and names ofthe signs of the zodiac and scriptural references pertaining to saidsigns, which blackboards are adapted to being detachably attached to thefree ends of said radii, said square cornering at Taurus, Leo, Scorpioand Aquarius, said rim having placed thereon the names of the decans ofsaid signs and scriptural references pertaining thereto, said radiihaving placed thereon the symbols of the signs of the zodiac and theabbreviations of various names, namely, names of the sun, moon, planets,the various characteristics of said signs, aspects, positions, degreesof color, and the various mundane houses.

3. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, a wheelconsisting of a rim, 6 diameters, 12 sign blackboards, a square and anysuitable number of concentric circles of tubing, said rim being adaptedto be knocked down into 6 approximately equal sections which in theirturn are divided by means of flange-like elevations on, and perforationsthrough, said rim into 6 approximately equal parts, said diameters beingadapted to intersect each other at the center of said wheel therebydividing themselves into 12 radii the free end portions of which areadapted to be detachably attached to said rim at points approximatelyequidistant the one from the other on said rim, said points ofattachment on said radii being between the free ends thereof and thecenter of said wheel, said sign blackboards having placed thereon theilluminated, colored pictures, symbols and names of the signs of thezodiac and scriptural references pertaining to said signs, whichblackboards are adapted to being detachably attached to the free ends ofsaid radii, said square cornering at Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius,said concentric circles of tubing being held and secured together and atsuitable distances apart by angular braces to one edge of which saidtubing are securely attached, the opposite edges of said braces havingthereon lugs adapted to slide under and catch upon the edges of saidsign blackboards and hold said tubing thereon, said circles of tubingbeing adapted to be.

knocked down into 4 approximately equal sections of as many individualpieces of tubing as are held together by said braces, said rim havingplaced thereon the names of the decans of said signs and scripturalreferences thereto, said radii having placed thereon the symbols of thesign! of the zodiac and the abbreviations of various names, namely,names of the sun, moon, planets, the various characteristics of saidsigns, aspects, positions, degrees of color, and the various mundanehouses, said circles of tubing being adapted to receive thereon and atany suitable point thereon any suitable number of movable, illuminated,colored crystals representing various heavenly bodies.

' 4. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, rimarydisk-tipped arms having disks attached to one of their ends andperforations through the other, except as to one arm which has ahandpointer attached to one end thereof instead of a disk, saidperforations being adapted to aline one with another and to receive aspindle therethrough adapted to bind and secure said perforated endstogether, upon which spindle said arms are adapted to rotate, some ofsaid arms having attached thereto at suitable points between the endsthereof secondary disk-tipped arms, said disks on said primary armshaving placed thereon the names and symbols of the planets, sun, moon,certain stars, and of said hand-pointer, and said disks on saidsecondary arms representing moons of said planets do not, on thataccount, have any names or symbols thereon.

5. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, a charthaving placed thereon a human hand and concentric circles overlying saidhand, said circles having a common center at the center of the palm ofsaid hand, the largest of said circles encom passing the wrist andtouching upon the tips of the four fingers of said hand, said circleshaving 6 diameters adapted to intersect each other at said common centerand thereby dividing themselves into 12 radii dividing said circles andsaid hand into approximately 12 equal sections, four of said radiirunningalong the axes of the four'fingers of said hand, the end and theend portion of the thumb of said hand lying between two other of saidradii, one of said last mentioned radii being half of the diameterdividing said hand into approximately two equal. parts, one partincluding approximately one half of the palm of said hand, the fourfingers and approximately one half of the thumb of said hand, the otherart including the other part of said palm, the other portion of saidthumb and the wrist of said hand, said diameter running along the middlefinger of said hand intersecting said last mentioned diameter atapproximately right angles and dividing said hand into approximately twoequal arts the other way, one of said parts incluc ing approximatelyhalf of the wrist, the palm, and middle finger of said hand and all ofthe third (ring) and fourth (little) finger of said hand, the other partincluding the other part of the wrist,

the palm and the middle finger of said hand indicating the number ofdegrees required to form an aspect, symbols of the signs of the zodiacin radical position, astronomical symhole of the sun, moon, planets andasteroids placed in sections and signs agreeable there to, human handcharacters in alinenlent with said signs and symbols, and words namingthe lines commonly found in the human hand.

6. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, a timeindicator consisting of a circular rim to which are attached ofintersection with said radii the ordinary numerals 2, 4;, 6 and so. onto and including 24, said numerals following each other on said rim inthe regularorder 1, 2, 8, and so on, said radii being longer than thedistance from the center of said circular rim to the largercircumference thereof, their free ends extend for a short distancebeyond said rim, t which free ends are attached by any suit able means,number boards on which are placed the Roman numerals I, II, III and soon to and including XII, said Roman numerals alining radially with saidordinary numerals I with 2, II with 4, III with 6 and so on to andincluding XII with 24:, said indicator having also l pointers havingperforations through their larger ends adapted to aline one with anotherand with said common perforation through said diameters, said aliningperforations being adapted to receive and be mounted on a spindle onwhich said pointers are adapted to rotate, two of said pointers beingadapted to pomt to and mdicate said Roman numerals and pointstherebetween, and the other two of said pointers which are shorter thansaid first mentioned pointers are adapted to point to and indicate saidordinary numerals, said Roman numerals indicating solar time and saidordinary numerals indicating sidereal time.

7. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, ablackboard divided vertically'by any suitable means into twoapproximately equal portions, one portion being headed Declination, andthe other portion Positions, said first mentioned portion beingsubdivided vertically into four smaller portions headed Po, No; S0 andParl, said last mentioned portion being divided verticall into foursmaller portions headed Po, Cell, Mun and,

. Conc, said board being divided horizontally, other than as it pertainsto the aforesaid headings, into nine ortions headed laterally with thesymbols of the sun, moon, and seven plants, Neptune, Herschel, Saturn,Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury.

8. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, ablackboard headed Aspects and divided horizontally into thirteenportions headed laterally With the symbols of the aspects, parallel,opposition, triangle, square, semi-square, seXtile semi sextile,quintel, bi-quintel, sesqui-quadrate, eclipse, crescent and occult sign.i

9. In means for demonstrating stellar positions, influences and incombinations; a tripod stand having detachably attached there to achart-pole and a spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements with said mundane sphere; arms having attachedthereto disks representing various heavenly bodies rotatably mounted onsaid spindle; and a nut run onto the threaded end of said spindle.

10. In means for demonstrating stellar po sitions and influences and incombination; a tripod stand having detachably attached thereto achart-pole and spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements with said mundane sphere; arms having attachedthereto disks representing various heavenly bodies rotatably mounted onsaid spindle; a time indicator mounted on said spindle; and a nut runonto the threaded end of said spindle.

11. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences and incombination; a tripod stand having detachably attached thereto achart-pole and a spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements With said mundane sphere; concentric circles oftubing detachably attached to said Wheel; movable, illuminated, coloredcrystals representing various heavenly bodies detachably attached to andat any point on said tubing; and a nut run onto the threaded end of saidspindle.

12. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences and incombination; a tripod stand having detachably attached thereto achart-pole and a spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements with said mundane sphere; concentric circles oftubing detachably attached to said Wheel;movable, illuminated, coloredcrystals representing various heavenly bodies detachably attached to andat any pointon said tubing; a time indicator mounted on said spindle;and a nut run on the threaded end of said spindle.

13. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences and incombination; a tripod stand having detachably attached thereto achart-pole and a spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements with said mundane sphere; a chart having placedthereon a figure representing the human hand, said chart being adaptedto make any desirable alinementsvvith said mundane sphere, saidcelestial sphere or both; and a nut run onto the threaded end of saidspindle.

1 1. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences and incombination; a tripod stand having detachably attached thereto achart-pole and a spindle; a chart having placed thereon a figure calledthe mundane sphere, said chart being securely attached to said pole anddetachably mounted on said spindle; a Wheel called the celestial sphererotatably mounted on said spindle, said Wheel being adapted to make alldesirable alinements With said mundane sphere; concentric circles oftubing detachably attached to said Wheel; movable illuminated, coloredcrystals representing various heavenly bodies detachably attached to andat any point on said tubing; a chart having placed thereon a figurerepresenting the human hand, said chart being adapted to make anydesirable alinements With said mundane sphere, said celestial sphere orboth; and a nut run onto the threaded end of said spindle.

15. In means for demonstrating stellar positions and influences, movablecrystals in combination with concentric circles of tubing, said crystalsconsisting of translucent heads having springs attached thereto, saidheads being of any suitable color and illuminated by any suitable meansand having placed thereon the symbols of certain heavenly bodiesrepresented by them, and such of said crystals as represent planetshaving placed thereon also numerals denoting the relative time requiredfor the planet represented to make one revolution sizes thereof, toillustrate relative distances from the sun, (4) to represent elementcolors, (5) to give the number of 5 satellites thereof, and (6) to giverelative number of revolutions around the sun.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GENEVIEVE PRICE EVERSON.

Witnesses:

A. T. HART, I THOMAS V. MAXEDON;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 20.0."

